Drake
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#827
recorded as boys
Down 168 since 2024
Babies in 2025
299
boys 299
Peak year
2010
1,877 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
36,875
since 1918
Born a Drake? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Drake was most popular in 2010, when 1,877 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.98 per 1,000). In 2025, 299 babies were named Drake, ranking #827 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 32%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 299 | 827 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 416 | 659 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 398 | 681 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 442 | 629 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 496 | 568 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 527 | 534 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 488 | 571 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 687 | 440 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 649 | 468 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 696 | 444 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 782 | 397 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 943 | 349 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 1,217 | 284 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 1,547 | 230 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 1,607 | 222 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | 1,877 | 196 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 1,587 | 230 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 1,590 | 232 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 1,524 | 239 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 1,410 | 242 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14502 | 1,338 | 247 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | 1,268 | 262 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | 1,130 | 273 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 1,169 | 267 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | 1,245 | 263 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | 1,270 | 261 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | 1,049 | 282 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | 1,057 | 269 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | 974 | 286 |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | 867 | 307 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11783 | 795 | 326 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | 725 | 340 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 682 | 349 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 526 | 425 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 424 | 479 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 341 | 539 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 272 | 592 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 228 | 626 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 138 | 785 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 122 | 821 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 103 | 891 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 66 | 1110 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 82 | 972 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 54 | 1264 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 66 | 1125 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 47 | 1378 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 42 | 1435 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 25 | 1965 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 30 | 1743 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 27 | 1828 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 17 | 2450 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 43 | 1290 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 38 | 1354 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 43 | 1262 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 41 | 1309 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 60 | 1051 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 54 | 1050 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 54 | 1006 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 49 | 1043 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 54 | 991 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 70 | 873 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 61 | 973 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 49 | 1093 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 66 | 930 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 76 | 874 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 54 | 1045 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 48 | 1117 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 50 | 1081 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 41 | 1214 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 43 | 1157 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 38 | 1219 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 35 | 1268 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 30 | 1378 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 41 | 1152 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 35 | 1242 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 38 | 1168 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 32 | 1275 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 41 | 1107 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 31 | 1316 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 28 | 1327 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 11 | 2131 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 13 | 1988 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 15 | 1910 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 12 | 2145 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 5 | 4179 |
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Where Drake is most popular
- Arkansas4.9×
- Louisiana3.8×
- Iowa3.6×
- Nebraska3.5×
- Mississippi2.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years